Honorary Canadians

Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Halya Несе Галя Воду Ukrainian Pops
Nelson* Riddle The Caribou British Columbia Suite
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River Fear Itself
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Grandpa Tell Me One More Story I'm a Song
Sidewinders I Like to Dance Flatfoot Hustlin'
Ernie* Smith Time To Behold Jah
Buddy Knox Rock-a-Billy Walk ST
Aarons And Ackley* Five O'Clock You And I
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Bohemian I'm a Song
Oscar* McLollie So Pleasing Loving You So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Jonathan Edwards Blow On Chilly Wind Sailboat
Ellen McIlwaine Up From the Skies Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ernie* Smith Don't Down Me Now To Behold Jah
Albert Jones* That's the Way You Lost My Love The Facts of Life
Ellen McIlwaine Regretting Blues Everybody Needs It
Priscilla* Rollins Tell Him that You Love Him Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Devil Woman I'm a Song
Mike* Ferro Bridges Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain
Nelson* Riddle Garibaldi Mountain British Columbia Suite
Ellen McIlwaine Farther Along Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Theme from Canada Love Serenade
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* King of the Cops I'm a Song
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Unleash the Horses Boys Ukrainian Pops
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Theme For the Countless And I Love Her
Happy Dolls Pick Up the Pieces Show Album No. 1
Dils* Not Worth It (Ca ne veux pas le pleine) Made In Canada
Zambonis* Boom Boom Boom To Bleed Black and Gold
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold To Bleed Black and Gold
Ellen McIlwaine Weird of Hermiston Honky Tonk Angel
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Moanin Shirley Lewis Show Band
Ellen McIlwaine I Want Whacha Got (Boston Song) Everybody Needs It
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Shake a Hand Amist the Black Eyes
Oscar* McLollie Girl of Mine ST
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Just a Few Words I'm a Song
Matt Lucas* The Peepin' Tom Matt Gets Blue
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Respect You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Can't Eat Shirley Lewis Show Band
Zambonis* Cool Shots (Theme Song) To Bleed Black and Gold
Jack Holland I'll Pick Her Up The Eyes of a Dreamer
Priscilla* Rollins Letter to Mommy & Daddy Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* The Betrothed Girl Ukrainian Pops
Buddy Knox Rock House ST
Buddy Knox Don't Make Me Cry ST
Alpha Centauri Hard Life ST
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Hard Days Night And I Love Her
Oscar* McLollie Like to Live the Love ST
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Green Power Love Serenade
The Revelaires* Great Pretender Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver
Matt Lucas* The Nuthouse Matt Gets Blue
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Traditional 'Trojista' Music Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Country Feelin' Amist the Black Eyes
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) You're Getting Better Love Serenade
Ellen McIlwaine Danger Zone Everybody Needs It
Priscilla* Rollins Sweet Inspiration Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ernie* Smith Oh But If I Skareggae
Oscar* McLollie For the Good Times ST
Tony McManus Chalaneru The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* I Need You Amist the Black Eyes
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Take Twenty Love Serenade
Zambonis* The Hockey Song Playoff Fever
Aarons And Ackley* Oh What a Good Time You And I
Priscilla* Rollins Going Out of My Head Over You Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Joe* Glazer Solidarity Forever A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Oscar* McLollie Help Me Make It Through the Night ST
Aarons And Ackley* Annalee ST
Zambonis* The Greatest Season To Bleed Black and Gold
David Amram Little Momma Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Happy Dolls Bombie Show Album No. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Jimmy Jean We the People
Jack Holland There's More to Come The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ernie* Smith To Behold Jah To Behold Jah
Tony McManus The Maids of Mitchelstown The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Ellen McIlwaine Money Can't Save You Ellen McIlwaine
Ellen McIlwaine Wings of a Horse Honky Tonk Angel
Ellen McIlwaine Don't You Have any Love in Your Heart? Ellen McIlwaine
Ellen McIlwaine Pinebo (My Story) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine It's Growing Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Country Mcdonald Joe* War Widow War War War
Matt Lucas* Tomcat Blues Matt Gets Blue
Matt Lucas* New Orleans Woman Matt Gets Blue
Buddy Knox That's Why I Cry ST (mono)
Matt Lucas* Vibrator Blues Matt Gets Blue
Ellen McIlwaine Keep On Everybody Needs It
Ellen McIlwaine We The People Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Nelson* Riddle Moving Ahead British Columbia Suite
Alpha Centauri Earth in Motion ST
Joe* Glazer New Democratic Party Train A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Jack Holland The Time Or the Place The Eyes of a Dreamer
Joe* Glazer This Land is Your Land A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Like Some One In Love And I Love Her
Bluebird* Country Boy Blues Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost
Zambonis* Hockey Marlee To Bleed Black and Gold
Joe* Glazer It Could be a Wonderful World A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Jack Holland You Can't Make a Dancer The Eyes of a Dreamer
Aarons And Ackley* Could Have Had Anything You And I
Matt Lucas* Men's Liberation Matt Gets Blue
Albert Jones* I Feel So Good The Facts of Life
Joe* Glazer A Douglas for Me A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Country Mcdonald Joe* Jean Desprez War War War

Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* - Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

Kyiv, 🇺🇦

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

Detroit, Michigan, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

Detroit, Michigan, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Ursa Major* - ST

New York, New York, U.S.A.

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

Washington, DC, USA

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

Birmingham, England, UK→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

Anniston, Alabama, 🇺🇸→Port Arthur, Ontario, 🇨🇦→Erie, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

Portland, Oregon, 🇺🇸 (Jim Ackley); Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸 (Chuck Aarons) - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸*

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

Mercer Island, Washington, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Philadelphia, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

Gary, Indiana, 🇺🇸 - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Nassau, Bahamas - Toronto, Ontario

Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

The Revelaires (3)

The Revelaires (2)

The Revelaires

The Revelaires You're So Wrong (1)

The Revelaires Great Pre (1)

Matt Gets Blue

ST

Ursa Major - ST Side 2

Ursa Major - ST Side 1

Ursa Major - ST BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Honky Tonk Angel

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 02

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 01

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Everybody Needs It

We the People

Fear Itself

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (5)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (8)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (7)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (4)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (3)

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